Vaporizer



June 1s, 1935." wscHMmT l 2,005,244

VAPORIZER Filed Jan` 3l, 1954 2O cylinder. The chemicals are heated toatem-v n 'the'botto'rn lofthe cylinder g liesfalcoppeI-go the diseasedportions ofthebody or introduced the `Copper Cylinder gfaI'e'ObaIled..It iS'mIJO'l- 25 in the case of abscesses (also cancer) and skin orchemicals coming into contact'with thev cop- 30 c0mp0nents capandfconnected with a variable resistance e l Percent 'for controllingthe temperature of the heating sodium iodate 0.8 4 element d. l 35 l lsodium chlcrate rv y6. j The outer brass container 'a is closedby a cop-Hexamethylene tetramine 4.80 per lid It tin-plated on its inner side andheld .m-

o-oxyquinoline sulphate 0.36 position by a plurality, for exampletwelve, Wing Hydrochloric quinine 0.36 nuts l and preferably provided'.with an asbestos 40 Potassium permanganate 3.60 packing. t N i 40.Ammonium chorate 48.03 The lower end of a tube u having an externalBenzoic benzyl 6. screw thread o on its upperf end is inserted in aGlycerine 30.01 central vaperture in the lid lc and nts tightly y55tin-plating in the interior, a cylindrical conq is mounted on the tube nand carries a cock r 55 Passed June 1.811935' 'i 1 005,244

` f i* 2,005,244. A i j "gvAPoRIzER' j Wilhelm-Schmidt,'erlin, GermanyApplicationJanuary 31, 1934, Serial No. 709,124

, 4 claim.;V y(c1. 12s-192i# This invention relates to a method forproductaner b made of copper o f brass and tin-plated 'ing therapeuticgases, suchas are employed'for onthe 'inner and` outersides is,inserted, this treating abscesses (also canoer) skin'-, "blco'd latter;container servingA for ;accorrnnodating:a and infectious diseases. It isyknown'lto employ .glass cylinder c. The chemicals are charged into f-1"5 natural gases, such as oxygen, lfortreatin'g'disvand heated in theglass cylinder c which is made 6 eases. 4The novelty consists in thatthe' therafof a special glass capable of withstanding high a peuticgases are produced by 'heating amixture temperatures. Anielectricheating elementyfor of chemicals. The mixture iscomposedof 'am-.example aheating coilr observes forheating the 'moniaand alkali-salts,halogens, triacid alcohol, mixture. and is separated fromthe chemicals,to 10 Vorganic compounds of aliphatic 'and aromatic be gasifled'byacopper cylindero 4with good 10 groups and esters, and also cyclicjcompounds in tin-plating-on the outerside, so thatan annular thepresence of a highly'active ox'ygen'transgasifying space isproduced-between the cylinder mitter. By 'highly active. oxygentransmitter is oandthe'glasscylinderfc.v yThe heating element meantachemical compound'fwhich is capable of d sfttaohod'fo and `insulatedfroma cape l5 giving-up excess oxygen, whereby the generation whichhermeticallylcloses the upper endof the 151 of poisonous orinjuriousgases is prevented."v cylinder g. The heat'ingelement d is'connected These substances are, according to 'the inven- 'With .W llugflWhicli serve for connecting with tion, gasiiied by electricallyheatingthe mixture a source" of.. electric' current, for example the ofchemicals in a glass cylinderplaced in ametal lghtingfrna'ins.

perature of vabout200 to 230 C., thereby initiati disc h` having Vadiameter 'corresponding to the ing the gasification. 'Ihe gasesdeveloped are internal diameter ofthe glass cylinder c. Thus,v

drawn off by a cock provided on the apparatusA a uniform distribution ofthe heat and a deter- 1 and either employed for external treatment ofmined distance between the glass cylinder cland into the lungs, stomachor other cavities of the tant that the cylinder g has on its outerside'aA body for internal treatment. The curative gases thick tincoatingfor is otherwise plated S0 as to employed are harmless, preventythe formationr of any poisonous sub- Successful results have alreadybeen obtained stances,s'uch as copper compounds bythe gases.

diseases, a mixture of chemicals having beenemper cylinder. a y ployedwhich was composed of the following A thermo-element i is introducedthrough the i f v therein. The cap e is then screwed onto the Fortreating other diseases either the mediciupperend and as the cylinder gis rigidly screwed 45 nal mixture is changed by `omitting certain subvinthe cap e at its upper end it is hermetically Y stances or by addingother substances, orthe closed at its upper end. f proportion of thesubstances is changed. A draining screw m is provided inthe bottom Anrapparatus for producing `the therapeuticv of the container a fordraining'off the water'from gases is illustrated in vertical section byway of condensation. y 50 example in the only figure of the accompanyingThe gases vare discharged through a tube n drawing. t xed on the lid lcand carrying an inwardly pro- In an outer cylindrical container a,preferably jecting four-way nipple o. Av cleaning plug p consisting of adrawn brass tube with a good is fitted in the upper end of the tube n. AT-union through which the gases can be drawn off. The T-union q has abranch tube s which serves for discharging the water from condensation.A hose tap t is provided on the end of the tube s and is normally closedand opened only for the purpose of draining off the water fromcondensation.

The gasification is effected in the following manner:-The mixture ofchemicals to be gasied is charged `into the glass cylinder c, whereupontheheatingbelenient g, d, eis srewledlin. The sof'rce o'f electric'cv'.irrent'is'` then connected with the plugs f. The cylinder gsurrounding theheating element is heated thereby and trans mits its heatto the chemicals causing themto give oi gases. The thermo-element z is'th'en connected with an indicating instrument, lsuch as a pyrometer, bymeans of which theft mperature of the heating wireca 'beontrolledandregulated with the aid of the variableresistance'.

- Various experiments have shown that, byvaljyingY the chemicals fof the-Hixturefarid the gas mixtures generated thereby/f ,seavsesmof`different kinds canfb'e treated.' ''h'i'snovel'manner of employment 'ofmedicaments inay be termed ,gas therapyor it'rinfxdgas therapyl 1.'A"vaporizer com Arising -in combination a brass container tin'plated onits inner side, a second brass container Ltinfplated o'nits inner andouterA sidesA inserted said rst mentioned brass container, a lcylindermade of refractory vglass open-,at'the toptol'opniniunicate with ysaidrst 'rner'itionelA containerinseted in said sec- 'ordgcoiitainer `andadapted to 'receive a mixture cf chemicals, ya 'copper cylinder in ,saidglass L cylmie'r"'ajnd projecting aboye'tne gpper end'nf Saidflstmentioned container, 'a lid securely fixed on the uiip'er emi of saidnrstmentigned VQontainer and having a central aperturesnrrgundingthe'pper I end of saileopper cylinden and a lateral aperture, a tubefitting tightly in said central aperture forming a tight closure betweensaid lid and said copper cylinder, said tube having an external screwthread at its upper end, a cap iixedy on the upper end of said coppercylinder and having an internal screw thread adapted to engage the screwthread on said tube to form a tight closure between said copper cylinderand said lid, a heating element fixed in said cap and extending intosaid copper cylinder to heat';.'and Itjaporiae the chemicals in saidglass cylinder, discharging means litted Yin the lateral aperture insaid lid and adapted to conduct the vapors from said rst mentionedcontainer, and Habranch tube leading from said means adapted 'to` draw01T the condensed water from the vapors passing through said means.

2. A,Avaporizer as specified in claim 1, comprising in combination withthe cap, said cap having a central aperture in its lid, a thermoelement`inserted in said aperture.

Y 3. A v aporizer asspecied in claim 1 comprising in combination `.withthe glass cylinder uand pepper cylindergal copperliscwxedlon the bottoniend ofsaid cylinder` adapted to uniformly distribute the heat and.maintain the distance between said copper cylinder and said glasscylinder.

l4.1m a vaporizer vas 4specified in claim 1 the discharging means,.comprising .in combination a vertical pipe tting in the lateralapertureof the lid,' 'a, cleaning plug tted in the upper endofjsaidtube, Va T-union, onearm of said-union connected ,laterallywithsaid vertical ,pipe :and a second arm withthe drain ltube forthecondensed watena cock on thelthirdarm ofsaid union adapted to,regulate the .vapor ilow .from sad,',union,` andfa Vh'se tap von ,the`end of said branch tube `adapted to regulate the `discharging ,of thecondensed water.

i' WILHELM SCHlVHDT.

